POSTPONED due to COVID-19
MINI symposium Thursday 23 April 2020
'The Energy transition to reduce the Carbon Footprint is unprecedented and urgent, stimulating the Tech Industry to come up with new Solutions and Products. What are the new opportunities?'
Associated with the inaugural lecture of Prof. dr. Braham Ferreira is a Mini Symposium to be held on 23 April from 13.00 - 15.30 p.m. at the Prof.ir. M.P. Breedveld Room in the Waaier building.
Program
12.30 - 13.00 Walk in with coffee and tea, Waaier foyer
13.00 - 13.10 Welcome by Prof. Braham Ferreira & Prof. Frank Leferink (Prof. in EMC).
Opening by Prof. Jos Keurentjes (Program Director Energy Innovation).
13.10 - 13.40 Mr. Jos Blom, Chief Strategy Officer, Koolen Industries, Hengelo:
"Future Energy Systems: Solar Energy will be the main Source,
Production on hot spots in the world, Storage and Transport in chemicals
worldwide, Software will be Key"
13.40 - 14.10 Prof. Rik de Doncker, Institute for Power Electronics & Electrical
Drives, RWTH Aachen University, Germany:
"Key Enabling Technologies for a CO2 neutral Urban Environment; Power
Electronics the Job Creator".
14.10 - 14.40 Mrs. Nickey Janse van Rensburg, Energy & Environment Technology
Station, University of Johannesburg, South Africa:
"Shining a Light on energy access at scale in emerging economies through
global quadruple helix collaboration".
14.40 - 15.10 Panel discussion chaired by Prof. Frank Leferink
15.10 - 15.15 Closure
15.15 - 15.45 Drinks & Discussions
16.00 - 17.00 Inaugural lecture Prof. Braham Ferreira
"Enertronics: precise & efficient Control of Energy flow with Electronics".
17.00 - 18.00 Reception
Speakers
Jos Blom
2019 - 2020 Chief Strategy Officer KoolenIndustries
2012 - 2019 Corporate Strategie en Innovatie bij Alliander
2006 - 2011 Consultant Smart Grids Alliander.
2001 - 2006 Informatie manager Continuon Netbeheer.
1996 - 2001 Adviseur Financiën & Informatie Engerie Noord West/ PEN
1994 - 1996 Chef bedrijfsbureau PEN Telecom.
1988 - 1994 Projectleider PEN ICT
Rik W. De Doncker
Since October 1996 he is Professor at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, leading the Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA). In October 2006 he was appointed as director of the E.ON Energy Research Center at RWTH, where he also founded the Institute for Power Generation and Storage Systems. He is director of the RWTH CAMPUS Cluster Sustainable Energy and leads the Flexcible Electrical Networks (FEN) Research CAMPUS. Dr. de Doncker is a past President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society.
Nickey Janse van Rensburg
Nickey started her career as an academic at the University of Johannesburg in 2008 after completing her Master's degree with 
distinction in Mechanical Engineering at North-West University. In 2017 she became manager of the Process, Energy and Environment Technology Station at UJ (UJ-PEETS), with the mandate to support small and medium enterprises through technology innovation and knowledge transfer that supports technological development in the green economy). The Technology Station Program is an initiative of the Department of Science and Innovation implemented by the Technology Innovation Agency, which enables triple-helix partnerships that can sustainably support technology Innovation which drives social an economic development. In 2019 UJ-PEETS received prestigious National Science and Technology Forum Green Economy Award for their work in supporting more than 1000 SMEs in the green economy since 2010, when the station was established.